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Research Article | Open Access

V2CTX MXene Sphere for Aqueous Ion Storage

Xinliang Li1,2,†, Mian Li3,†, Wenyu Xu1, Zhaodong Huang2, Guojin Liang2, Qi Yang2, Qing Huang3( ), Chunyi Zhi2,4( )
Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
Centre for Functional Photonics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China

†These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Despite the remarkable ion-hosting capability of MXenes, their electrochemical performance is restricted to the ion shuttle barrier stemming from the capacious surface and the sluggish chemical activity of intrinsic transition metal layers. Herein, we construct a vertically aligned array of V2CTX flakes utilizing a carbon sphere template (V2CTX@CS), with the interlayer galleries outward facing the external electrolyte, to shorten the diffusion length and mitigate the ion shuttle barrier. Moreover, we leverage the high sensitivity of V2CTX flakes to the water–oxygen environment, fully activating the masked active sites of transition metal layers in an aqueous environment via continuous electrochemical scanning. Aqueous V2CTX@CS/Zn battery delivers a novel capacity enhancement over 42,000 cycles at 10 A g−1. After activation, the capacity reaches up to 409 mAh gV2CTX−1 at 0.5 A g−1 and remains at 122 mAh gV2CTX−1 at 18 A g−1. With a 0.95-V voltage plateau, the energy density of 330.4 Wh kgV2CTX−1 surpasses previous records of aqueous MXene electrodes.

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Energy Material Advances
Volume 4,
2023
Article number: 0066
DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0066
Cite this article:
Li X, Li M, Xu W, et al. V2CTX MXene Sphere for Aqueous Ion Storage. Energy Material Advances, 2023, 4: 0066. https://doi.org/10.34133/energymatadv.0066

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Received: 09 August 2023
Accepted: 07 October 2023
Published: 08 December 2023
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